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US8004110B2
US8004110B2 US12/171,682 US17168208A US8004110B2 US 8004110 B2 US8004110 B2 US 8004110B2 US 17168208 A US17168208 A US 17168208A US 8004110 B2 US8004110 B2 US 8004110B2
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    • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
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    • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
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  • the present invention relates to an on-vehicle power generation controller which is mounted on a vehicle and is driven by an internal combustion engine. More specifically, the present invention relates to an on-vehicle power generation controller capable of controlling power generation by employing a plurality of generators having the same structures.
  • an on-vehicle power generation controller has been equipped with a controller for controlling turning on and off of a field current so as to adjust a generated voltage to a predetermined voltage. Also, while a plurality of the above-mentioned on-vehicle power generation controllers are employed, there have been known systems in which a plurality of generators are driven at the same time by a single engine so as to simultaneously generate electric power (refer to, for instance, JP 3061700 B and JP 04-38131 A).
  • FIG. 8 is a circuit diagram showing a generally available on-vehicle power generation controller.
  • the controller controls turning on and off of a field current so as to adjust a generated voltage to a predetermined voltage, and to control power generating operations of a generator.
  • the on-vehicle power generation controller shown in FIG. 8 includes a generator 1 , a rectifier 2 , and a controller 3 , and in addition, is externally equipped with a battery 4 and a key switch 5 .
  • a base current of a transistor 310 flows through a resistor 308 , the transistor 310 is brought into a conductive state, and thus, a current is supplied via a resistor 311 to a zener diode 312 . Since this current flows, a power supply “A” having a constant voltage may be constructed, while the constant voltage constitutes a power supply voltage of the controller 3 .
  • a comparator 317 is brought into an operable state by the power supply “A”.
  • the comparator 317 compares a voltage of an input terminal (+) corresponding to a constant reference voltage value with a voltage of another input terminal ( ⁇ ) to control a field current on-off control transistor 301 .
  • the above-mentioned reference voltage value as to the input terminal (+) is obtained by dividing the constant voltage of the power supply “A” by resistors 315 and 316 .
  • the voltage of another input terminal ( ⁇ ) is obtained in such a manner that the voltage of the battery 4 is monitored via an external sensing terminal “S”, and the monitored-voltage is sub-divided by resistors 313 and 314 .
  • a voltage of the input terminal ( ⁇ ) corresponding to the divided voltage of the battery 4 becomes lower than the voltage of the input terminal (+), so a “Hi” signal (namely, signal having high level) is outputted from the comparator 317 .
  • the field current on-off control transistor 301 is brought into a conductive state, so a field current flows through a magnetic field coil 102 , and thus, the generator 1 is brought into an electric power generatable condition.
  • the comparator 317 When the output voltage of the generator 1 is lowered and the voltage of the input terminal ( ⁇ ) of the comparator 317 becomes lower than the voltage of the input terminal (+) thereof, the comparator 317 again outputs the “Hi” signal, so the transistor 301 is brought into the conductive state. Since a series of the above-mentioned operation is repeatedly carried out, the output voltage of the generator 1 is adjusted and controlled to become the constant voltage value.
  • the controller 3 is equipped with a terminal “M” for outputting a field current on-off control signal, by which signals can be outputted outside the controller 3 when the transistor 301 is conductive.
  • the signals synchronized with the operations of the transistor 301 can be outputted from the terminal “M”, so the “Hi” signal is outputted from the terminal “M” when the transistor 301 is conductive, whereas the “Lo” signal is outputted from the terminal “M” when the transistor 301 is cut off.
  • FIG. 9 is a structural diagram showing a conventional on-vehicle power generation controller under such a condition that the plurality of generators 1 are operated with respect to a single engine.
  • two on-vehicle power generation controllers containing two generators having the same structures are exemplified, while a first on-vehicle power generation controller is indicated as “G 1 ” and a second on-vehicle power generation controller is indicated as “G 2 .”
  • conductive states of the transistors 301 provided in the respective controllers 3 are not identical to each other due to various sorts of factors, for instance, variations in adjusted voltages of the controllers 3 caused by manufacturing variations, differences of wiring lines between a battery and the power generation controllers, which are produced when the power generation controllers are mounted on the single engine.
  • FIG. 10 is a diagram showing operation waveforms at respective units employed in controllers in such a case where a plurality of generators having the same structures are driven at the same time by a single engine so as to simultaneously generate electric power. More concretely, the operation waveforms show states at the terminal “R”, the transistor 301 , and the terminal “M” employed in the controller 3 as to each of the two on-vehicle power generation controllers “G 1 ” and “G 2 ” previously shown in FIG. 9 .
  • the structures of the on-vehicle power generation controllers are complex.
  • the conventional technologies have such a problem that the costs as to the on-vehicle power generation controllers themselves are increased, or the structures as to the plurality of the generators are not made identical to each other.
  • the present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and has an object to provide an on-vehicle power generation controller capable of uniformly maintaining balance of electric power generated by a plurality of generators, and also capable of realizing a less expensive controller structure.
  • An on-vehicle power generation controller includes a controller for adjusting a generated voltage to a predetermined voltage by controlling turning on and off of a field current so as to control an electric power generating operation of a generator.
  • a controller for adjusting a generated voltage to a predetermined voltage by controlling turning on and off of a field current so as to control an electric power generating operation of a generator In a case where at least two on-vehicle power generation controllers are mounted with respect to a single engine, when respective generators corresponding to the at least two on-vehicle power generation controllers are operated at the same time, each of second and succeeding on-vehicle power generation controllers controls the electric power generating operation of each of the respective generators based upon a field current on-off control signal output in a first on-vehicle power generation controller.
  • second and succeeding controllers perform power generation control operations based upon a field current on-off control signal outputted from a first controller.
  • the on-vehicle power generation controller capable of uniformly maintaining the balance of the electric power generated from the plurality of generators, and also capable of realizing a less expensive controller structure.
  • FIG. 1 is a circuit diagram of an on-vehicle power generation controller according to a first embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 2 is a diagram showing operation waveforms at respective units of the on-vehicle power generation controller according to the first embodiment of the present invention in such a case where a plurality of generators having the same structures are driven at the same time by a single engine so as to simultaneously generate electric power;
  • FIG. 3 is a structural diagram of the on-vehicle power generation controller according to the first embodiment of the present invention in such a case where three generators are driven with respect to the single engine;
  • FIG. 4 is a structural diagram of an on-vehicle power generation controller according to a second embodiment of the present invention in such a case where three generators are driven with respect to a single engine;
  • FIG. 5 is a structural diagram of an on-vehicle power generation controller according to a third embodiment of the present invention in such a case where a plurality of generators are driven with respect to a single engine;
  • FIG. 6 is a circuit diagram showing a method of deriving a field current on-off control signal in an on-vehicle power generation controller according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 7 is a circuit diagram showing another method of deriving the field current on-off control signal in the on-vehicle power generation controller according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 8 is a circuit diagram of the generally available on-vehicle power generation controller
  • FIG. 9 is a structural diagram of the conventional on-vehicle power generation controller in such a case where the plurality of generators are driven with respect to a single engine.
  • FIG. 10 is a diagram showing the operation waveforms at the respective units of the controller in such a case where the plurality of generators having the same structures are driven at the same time by the single engine so as to simultaneously generate the electric power.
  • FIG. 1 is a circuit diagram showing on-vehicle power generation controllers according to a first embodiment of the present invention. Namely, FIG. 1 shows a concrete circuit structure in such a case where two generators 1 a and 1 b are controlled. An internal basic structure of each of the on-vehicle power generation controllers is identical to the previously described structure of FIG. 8 . It should be noted that in the description of FIG. 1 and the below-mentioned descriptions, in order to distinguish two on-vehicle power generation controllers from each other, a suffix “a” has been applied to respective circuit elements employed in a first on-vehicle power generation controller, whereas another suffix “b” has been applied to respective circuit elements employed in a second on-vehicle power generation controller.
  • each internal structure as to a first controller 3 a and a second controller 3 b is identical to the internal structure of the previously described controller 3 shown in FIG. 8 , the former is omitted in FIG. 1 .
  • the terminals “R” of the respective controllers 3 are commonly connected to the key switch 5 .
  • a terminal “R” of the first controller 3 a is connected to the key switch 5
  • a terminal “R” of the second controller 3 b is connected to a terminal “M” for outputting a field current on-off control signal of the first controller 3 a.
  • the wiring lines of the on-vehicle power generation controllers are arranged in the above-mentioned manner, in the case where a transistor 301 a provided in the controller 3 a is brought into a conductive state because the first generator 1 a starts to generate electric power, a current is supplied from the terminal “M” of the first controller 3 a via a resistor 303 a to a terminal “R” of the second controller 3 b .
  • the second controller 3 b is operable, so a transistor 301 b is brought into a conductive state.
  • FIG. 2 is a diagram showing operation waveforms at respective units of the on-vehicle power generation controller according to the first embodiment of the present invention in such a case where the plurality of generators having the same structures are driven at the same time by a single engine so as to simultaneously generate electric power. More concretely, the operation waveforms show states as to the terminal “R”, the transistors 301 a and 301 b , and the terminal “M” employed in each of the two controllers 3 a and 3 b shown in FIG. 1 .
  • the terminals “R” as to the second and succeeding controllers are connected to the terminal “M” as to the first controller in the above-mentioned structural manner, even when a total number of generators mounted on a single engine is increased to 3 or more, the electric power generation can be controlled while the power generating balance can be uniformly maintained.
  • FIG. 3 is a structural diagram of the on-vehicle power generation controller according to the first embodiment of the present invention in such a case where three generators are driven with respect to a single engine.
  • each of terminals “R” as to a second on-vehicle power generation controller “G 2 ” and a third on-vehicle power generation controller “G 3 ” is connected to a terminal “M” as to a first on-vehicle power generation controller “G 1 ”, so the conductions of the transistors with respect to all of these three on-vehicle power generation controllers “G 1 ”, “G 2 ”, and “G 3 ” can occur at the substantially same timing.
  • FIG. 3 exemplifies such a case where the three generators are mounted, even when the number of the generators is increased, the same control operation can be carried out. Also, because all of the structures of the on-vehicle power generation controllers “G 1 ”, “G 2 ”, and “G 3 ” themselves are identical to the structure of the conventional on-vehicle power generation controller, only external wiring lines are shown in FIG. 3 .
  • the following structure has been employed: in the case where the plurality of generators having the same structures are employed to be driven by a single engine at the same time so as to simultaneously generate the electric power, the terminals “R” as to the second and succeeding controllers are connected to the terminal “M” as to the first controller.
  • the power generating conditions of the plurality of generators can be balanced, deviations in product lifetimes may be decreased, so maintenance timing thereof can be readily judged.
  • the structures of the plurality of generators can be made identical to each other, and both the variations in adjusted voltages of the generators and the structures of the vehicle wiring lines do not need to be considered. Also, such a complex apparatus for adjusting the respective power generating conditions is no longer required, and the costs of the on-vehicle power generation controllers can be reduced.
  • the initiation signals of the generators other than the first on-vehicle power generation controller are connected to the signal output terminal as to the first on-vehicle power generation controller arranged at a close position thereto.
  • the lengths of the wiring lines can be shortened, so the cost of the entire apparatus can be further decreased.
  • FIG. 4 is a structural diagram when three generators are driven at the same time with respect to a single engine in the second embodiment of the present invention.
  • the following structure of the on-vehicle power generation controller has been employed: in such a case where the plurality of generators having the same structures are driven by the single engine at the same time so as to simultaneously generate the electric power, the terminals “R” as to the second and succeeding controllers are connected to the terminal “M” as to the first controller.
  • each of the terminals “R” as to the second and succeeding controllers is connected to each of the corresponding terminals “M” of controllers provided at preceding stages thereof.
  • FIG. 4 is a structural diagram when three generators are driven with respect to the single engine in the second embodiment of the present invention.
  • a terminal “R” as to a second on-vehicle power generation controller “G 2 ” is connected to a terminal “M” as to a first on-vehicle power generation controller “G 1 ” provided at a preceding stage thereof.
  • a terminal “R” as to a third on-vehicle power generation controller “G 3 ” is connected to a terminal “M” as to the second on-vehicle power generation controller “G 2 ” provided at a preceding stage thereof.
  • transistor conductions with respect to all of these three on-vehicle power generation controllers “G 1 ”, “G 2 ”, and “G 3 ” can occur at the substantially same timing.
  • FIG. 4 exemplifies such a case where the three generators are mounted, even when the number of the generators is increased, the same control operation can be carried out. Also, because all of the structures of the on-vehicle power generation controllers “G 1 ”, “G 2 ”, and “G 3 ” themselves are identical to the structure of the conventional on-vehicle power generation controller, only external wiring lines are shown in FIG. 4 .
  • FIG. 5 is a structural diagram of on-vehicle power generation controllers when the plurality of generators are driven at the same time with respect to a single engine in the third embodiment of the present invention. Namely, FIG. 5 exemplifies such a case where three generators are driven by the single engine.
  • the voltage sensing terminals “S” as to all of the plurality of controllers are connected so as to monitor the voltage of the battery 4 .
  • a voltage sensing terminal “S” as to a first on-vehicle power generation controller “G 1 ” is connected so as to monitor a voltage of a battery 4
  • voltage sensing terminals “S” as to second and succeeding on-vehicle power generation controllers “G 2 ” and “G 3 ” are not connected to the battery 4 .
  • terminals “R” as to the second and succeeding on-vehicle power generation controllers “G 2 ” and “G 3 ” are connected to the terminal “M” as to the first on-vehicle power generation controller “G 1 ”.
  • the second and succeeding controllers “G 2 ” and “G 3 ” can perform the same control operations (namely, control operations equipped with voltage sensing functions) as the control operation for the first controller “G 1 ”.
  • the second and succeeding controllers “G 2 ” and “G 3 ” open the terminals “S” thereof, the output signal from the terminal “M” as to the first controller “G 1 ” is acquired by the terminals “R” of the second and succeeding controllers “G 2 ” and “G 3 ”, so the second and succeeding controllers “G 2 ” and “G 3 ” can perform the control operations having the voltage adjusting function provided in the first controller “G 1 ”.
  • the second and succeeding controllers “G 2 ” and “G 3 ” themselves can be constructed in such a simple structure without having the voltage adjusting function (voltage monitoring function). Accordingly, the costs of the on-vehicle power generation controllers “G 2 ” and “G 3 ” can be further reduced.
  • the field current on-off control signals are directly outputted from the field current on-off control transistor 301 via the resistor 303 to the terminals “M” thereof.
  • FIG. 6 is a circuit diagram showing a method of deriving the field current on-off control signal according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 6 , it is possible to provide such a structure that the field current on-off control signal is directly outputted from a control signal portion of the field current on-off control transistor 301 via the resistor 303 to the terminal “M”.
  • FIG. 7 is a circuit diagram showing another method of deriving the field current on-off control signal according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 7 , it is also possible to provide such a structure that the field current on-off control signal is directly outputted from another transistor 318 which is operated in the same manner as that of the above-mentioned field current on-off control transistor 301 via the resistor 303 to the terminal “M”.
  • the field current on-off control signal can be derived to the external terminal by executing the various sorts of connecting methods.
  • the field current on-off control signals derived by any one of these various sorts of connecting methods are employed, a similar effect to those of the previously described first to third embodiments can be achieved.
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